эй
Eastern Mari edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian эй (ej).
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
эй • (ej)
- hey!
- oh!, ah! (expresses surprise, delight, sadness, pain, regret, disappointment, reproach, concern, etc.)
Particle edit
эй • (ej)
- emphatic particle
- вараш кодаш огыл манын, эй куржам, эй куржам
- varaš kodaš ogyl manyn, ej kuržam, ej kuržam
- I don't want to be late, I'm off and running
References edit
- J. Bradley et al. (2023) “эй”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna
Erzya edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mordvinic *jäj~*jäŋ, from Proto-Uralic *jäŋe. Cognates include Moksha эй (ej), Finnish jää, Livonian jeij, Northern Sami jiekŋa, Eastern Mari ий (ij), Hungarian jég.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
эй • (ej)
- ice
- кельме теке эй ― keľme ťeke ej ― cold as ice
Declension edit
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
References edit
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
- Entry #171 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
Ket edit
Noun edit
эй (ej) ?
References edit
Moksha edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mordvinic *jäɣ from Proto-Uralic *jäŋe. Compare Proto-Uralic *jäkšV (“cold or cool”). Cognates include Erzya эй (ej), Finnish jää, Livonian jeij, Northern Sami jiekŋa and Hungarian jég.
Noun edit
эй • (äj)
References edit
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
Nanai edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Tungusic *əri, compare Evenki эр (ər), Manchu ᡝᡵᡝ (ere).
Pronoun edit
эй (ey)
Russian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Interjection edit
эй • (ej)
- hey! (you, there!)
Descendants edit
- → Eastern Mari: эй (ej)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
эй • (ej) n inan (indeclinable)